declare module "path" {
    namespace path {
        /**
         * A parsed path object generated by path.parse() or consumed by path.format().
         */
        interface ParsedPath {
            /**
             * The root of the path such as '/' or 'c:\'
             */
            root: string;
            /**
             * The full directory path such as '/home/user/dir' or 'c:\path\dir'
             */
            dir: string;
            /**
             * The file name including extension (if any) such as 'index.html'
             */
            base: string;
            /**
             * The file extension (if any) such as '.html'
             */
            ext: string;
            /**
             * The file name without extension (if any) such as 'index'
             */
            name: string;
        }

        interface FormatInputPathObject {
            /**
             * The root of the path such as '/' or 'c:\'
             */
            root?: string;
            /**
             * The full directory path such as '/home/user/dir' or 'c:\path\dir'
             */
            dir?: string;
            /**
             * The file name including extension (if any) such as 'index.html'
             */
            base?: string;
            /**
             * The file extension (if any) such as '.html'
             */
            ext?: string;
            /**
             * The file name without extension (if any) such as 'index'
             */
            name?: string;
        }

        interface PlatformPath {
            /**
             * Normalize a string path, reducing '..' and '.' parts.
             * When multiple slashes are found, they're replaced by a single one; when the path contains a trailing slash, it is preserved. On Windows backslashes are used.
             *
             * @param p string path to normalize.
             */
            normalize(p: string): string;
            /**
             * Join all arguments together and normalize the resulting path.
             * Arguments must be strings. In v0.8, non-string arguments were silently ignored. In v0.10 and up, an exception is thrown.
             *
             * @param paths paths to join.
             */
            join(...paths: string[]): string;
            /**
             * The right-most parameter is considered {to}.  Other parameters are considered an array of {from}.
             *
             * Starting from leftmost {from} parameter, resolves {to} to an absolute path.
             *
             * If {to} isn't already absolute, {from} arguments are prepended in right to left order,
             * until an absolute path is found. If after using all {from} paths still no absolute path is found,
             * the current working directory is used as well. The resulting path is normalized,
             * and trailing slashes are removed unless the path gets resolved to the root directory.
             *
             * @param pathSegments string paths to join.  Non-string arguments are ignored.
             */
            resolve(...pathSegments: string[]): string;
            /**
             * Determines whether {path} is an absolute path. An absolute path will always resolve to the same location, regardless of the working directory.
             *
             * @param path path to test.
             */
            isAbsolute(p: string): boolean;
            /**
             * Solve the relative path from {from} to {to}.
             * At times we have two absolute paths, and we need to derive the relative path from one to the other. This is actually the reverse transform of path.resolve.
             */
            relative(from: string, to: string): string;
            /**
             * Return the directory name of a path. Similar to the Unix dirname command.
             *
             * @param p the path to evaluate.
             */
            dirname(p: string): string;
            /**
             * Return the last portion of a path. Similar to the Unix basename command.
             * Often used to extract the file name from a fully qualified path.
             *
             * @param p the path to evaluate.
             * @param ext optionally, an extension to remove from the result.
             */
            basename(p: string, ext?: string): string;
            /**
             * Return the extension of the path, from the last '.' to end of string in the last portion of the path.
             * If there is no '.' in the last portion of the path or the first character of it is '.', then it returns an empty string
             *
             * @param p the path to evaluate.
             */
            extname(p: string): string;
            /**
             * The platform-specific file separator. '\\' or '/'.
             */
            readonly sep: string;
            /**
             * The platform-specific file delimiter. ';' or ':'.
             */
            readonly delimiter: string;
            /**
             * Returns an object from a path string - the opposite of format().
             *
             * @param pathString path to evaluate.
             */
            parse(p: string): ParsedPath;
            /**
             * Returns a path string from an object - the opposite of parse().
             *
             * @param pathString path to evaluate.
             */
            format(pP: FormatInputPathObject): string;
            /**
             * On Windows systems only, returns an equivalent namespace-prefixed path for the given path.
             * If path is not a string, path will be returned without modifications.
             * This method is meaningful only on Windows system.
             * On POSIX systems, the method is non-operational and always returns path without modifications.
             */
            toNamespacedPath(path: string): string;
            /**
             * Posix specific pathing.
             * Same as parent object on posix.
             */
            readonly posix: PlatformPath;
            /**
             * Windows specific pathing.
             * Same as parent object on windows
             */
            readonly win32: PlatformPath;
        }
    }
    const path: path.PlatformPath;
    export = path;
}
